Masahiro Tanaka

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 218lb (190cm, 98kg)

Born: November 1, 1988 in Itami, Japan jp

High School: Komadai Tomakomai HS (Japan)

Debut: April 4, 2014 (Age 25-154d, 20,574th in major league history)
vs. TOR 7.0 IP, 6 H, 8 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: September 23, 2020 (Age 31-327d)
vs. TOR 4.0 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

Agents: Excel Sports Management

Full Name: Masahiro Tanaka

Nicknames: Masa, Ma-kun or Tanaka Time

Pronunciation: \mah-sah-HE-ro tuh-na-ka\

Twitter: @t_masahiro18

Instagram: @masahiro_tanaka.official

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.3

ERA

3.74

174

173

1054.1

991

WHIP

1.130

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-4 / in Starts: 6-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	2015	ALWC g1	Oct 6	NYY		HOU	L,0-3	GS-5	L(0-1)	5	5.0	4	2	2	3	3	2	0	3.60	8.93	21	83	49	9	12	7	8	3	0	0	51			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.002	18.33	-0.06%	0.46	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
2017 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2017	ALDS g3	Oct 8	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	8	7.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	0.00	1.59	23			11	20	7	8	3	1	0	77			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.16	0.461	11.99	2.65%	3.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
3	2017	ALCS g1	Oct 13	NYY	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	4	2	2	1	3	0	0	1.38	2.08	23	89	58	17	7	11	8	6	0	0	58			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.018	21.24	0.25%	0.98	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
4	2017	ALCS g5	Oct 18	NYY		HOU	W,5-0	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	7.0	3	0	0	1	8	0	0	0.90	1.81	26	103	68	20	11	10	7	2	0	0	78			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.352	40.54	8.15%	3.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
2018 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	2018	ALDS g2	Oct 6	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-2	GS-5	W(1-0)	9	5.0	3	1	1	1	4	1	0	1.80	4.76	19	78	48	13	11	6	8	4	1	0	60			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.188	12.60	1.92%	1.66	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a2
2019 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	2019	ALDS g2	Oct 5	NYY		MIN	W,8-2	GS-5	W(1-0)	5	5.0	3	1	1	1	7	0	1	1.80	1.61	19	83	52	13	16	7	3	1	1	0	63			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.172	9.42	1.54%	1.71	1t start tie	5t 3 out a7
7	2019	ALCS g1	Oct 12	NYY	@	HOU	W,7-0	GS-6	W(2-0)	6	6.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.82	2.03	18	68	45	15	8	7	6	3	2	0	73			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.371	23.17	5.87%	3.42	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
8	2019	ALCS g4	Oct 17	NYY		HOU	L,3-8	GS-6	L(2-1)	4	5.0	4	4	3	2	1	1	0	2.25	3.46	22	85	52	11	4	6	13	7	1	0	44			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.112	26.78	-2.18%	-0.69	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d2
2020 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	2020	ALWC g2	Sep 30	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-9	GS-5		6	4.0	5	6	6	3	3	0	0	13.50	3.94	20	77	50	15	5	7	7	3	0	0	28			0	0	0	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.298	9.04	-1.92%	-2.86	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out a2
10	2020	ALDS g3	Oct 7	NYY		TBR	L,4-8	GS-5	L(0-1)	6	4.0	8	5	5	1	4	2	0	12.38	6.19	21	73	46	9	10	7	9	4	1	0	29			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.308	21.28	-4.18%	-2.96	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d4
											54.0	38	21	20	15	44	6	1	3.33		212																			0

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